Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
How can open data save the world? How can we help?
Search
Sponsored
·
Your Podcast. Everywhere. Effortlessly.
Share. Educate. Inspire. Entertain. You do you. We'll handle the rest.
→
Seth Fitzsimmons
May 13, 2015
1
140
How can open data save the world? How can we help?
Seth Fitzsimmons
May 13, 2015
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Seth Fitzsimmons
See All by Seth Fitzsimmons
Working with OpenStreetMap using Apache Spark and GeoTrellis - SotMUS 2018
mojodna
0
330
OpenMapKit + POSM
mojodna
0
2.1k
NACIS 2016 - Practical Cartography Day
mojodna
1
580
Portable OpenStreetMap at SotM US 2016
mojodna
0
200
Print Cartography in a Multi-Resolution World
mojodna
4
820
Trail Assist
mojodna
0
180
Worldwide Terrain and Cloud Infrastructure: an update on Stamen's Knight Grant
mojodna
0
300
Running Your Own Rendering Infrastructure (FOSS4G 2014 Edition)
mojodna
0
270
What We've Made Together
mojodna
0
180
Featured
See All Featured
Context Engineering - Making Every Token Count
addyosmani
9
680
Heart Work Chapter 1 - Part 1
lfama
PRO
5
35k
<Decoding/> the Language of Devs - We Love SEO 2024
nikkihalliwell
1
140
From π to Pie charts
rasagy
0
140
Building a Modern Day E-commerce SEO Strategy
aleyda
45
8.7k
jQuery: Nuts, Bolts and Bling
dougneiner
65
8.4k
実際に使うSQLの書き方 徹底解説 / pgcon21j-tutorial
soudai
PRO
199
72k
The Art of Programming - Codeland 2020
erikaheidi
57
14k
Navigating the moral maze — ethical principles for Al-driven product design
skipperchong
2
270
Joys of Absence: A Defence of Solitary Play
codingconduct
1
300
JAMstack: Web Apps at Ludicrous Speed - All Things Open 2022
reverentgeek
1
370
Claude Code どこまでも/ Claude Code Everywhere
nwiizo
63
53k
Transcript
How can open data save the world? How can we
help? Seth Fitzsimmons Stamen Design
Recreation.gov
American Red Cross
Missing Maps
These are actually parts of a whole.
Open
Open Data
of the people by the people for the people
Participate.
Contribute.
Further our understanding.
data = atoms of understanding
Shared context.
This is privilege.
A map is proof that you exist.
Others are not so lucky.
Those without data are literally and figuratively lost.
They are off the map.
They are easily ignored.
They do not exist.
(We can help.)
(This is what HOT does.)
(This is also why OpenStreetMap exists.)
Data is power.
Proprietary data is tyranny.
Proprietary data always furthers someone’s agenda.
(not yours)
Open data is potential.
None
Seattle (and Kirkland) Buildings
Seattle Addresses
None
BLM DOI EPA FAA FEMA FERC FHA FHWA FWS HUD
NASA NHTSA NOAA NPS USACE USBR USFS WHO
Government serves us.
Copyright.
(Or lack thereof.)
Public Domain
FOIA
Chaos!
(The good kind.)
Decentralized truths.
How does it all fit together?
Really. I have no idea. How?
None
Washington Trails Association + Raspberry Pi
Stewardship requires data.
Use generates data.
Decentralized truths.
What about the Pi?
None
Work in the open.
(Ask for help.)
open = potential
It doesn’t matter how you get involved.
So long as you get involved.
You. Do.
[email protected]